Climate averages 1991–2020
Otaru weather
in February.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Otaru: daytime highs average -1.6°C and nights cool to about -5.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of precipitation on roughly 18 days, which makes February a month with moderate precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 29 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sapporo (31 km away). In February its highs average -2.1°C, about as warm as Otaru, with 47 mm of precipitation.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Otaru ranks 295th of 303 for the warmest February highs and joint 201st of 303 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Otaru is 9.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 1.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 80 mm to 76 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Otaru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.3°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 98 | 20.8 | 9.49 h |
| February, selected | -1.6°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 80 | 18.2 | 10.510 h |
| March | 1.8°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 76 | 15.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 7.3°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 66 | 11.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 15.1°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 84 | 11.7 | 14.615 h |
| June | 19.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 76 | 10.6 | 15.315 h |
| July | 23.5°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 127 | 12.8 | 15.015 h |
| August | 24.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 163 | 14.1 | 14.014 h |
| September | 20.8°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 149 | 13.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 117 | 14.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 6.8°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 129 | 18.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 0.3°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 125 | 21.9 | 9.19 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Sapporo in FebruaryJapan · 31 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -8.9°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Ebetsu in FebruaryJapan · 45 kmHigh -2.8°C · Low -10.1°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Eniwa in FebruaryJapan · 57 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -9.7°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Iwamizawa in FebruaryJapan · 61 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -10.0°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Chitose in FebruaryJapan · 67 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -9.2°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Tomakomai in FebruaryJapan · 79 kmHigh -1.3°C · Low -7.4°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Muroran in FebruaryJapan · 97 kmHigh -1.4°C · Low -6.3°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Asahikawa in FebruaryJapan · 128 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -11.5°C · 51 mm precipitation
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Otaru) is explained once on the Otaru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.